in south georgia is where there was so much confederate flag, it actually changed georgia democratic rule after 135 years. they stated that senator walker was so popular that government couldn't get a fair trial. the defense counsel came up with a stack of newspaper articles that came from the "augusta chronicle" that onef the judge's best friends, they grew up together, sat on the same pew, and was my father's fiercest political rival, and newspaper competitor. they used his articles to show that my father actually was too popular to be tried in the actual district where every article that they wrote was negative against my father. he didn't hold a hearing. he just said we're going to expand the venue to south georgia. now come on. if my father could not get a fair trial. i mean, if my father was too popular in that particular area, then how about we consider in south georgia his popularity? that wasn't the plan. there was certainly no jury of his peers. i will tell you today that without a schad dp-- shadow of doubt the judge's decision was krit kl. he replaced four black jurors wi

he just said we're going to expand the venue to south georgia. now come on. now come on. if my father could not get a fair trial. i mean, if my father was too popular in that particular area, then how about we consider in south georgia his popularity? that wasn't the plan. there was certainly no jury of his peers. i will tell you today that without a schad dp-- shadow of doubt the judge's decision was krit kl. he replaced four black jurors with four white jurors. one of the jurors that the defense counsel has stricken was a republican who had ran for office before. he said that we struck that juror was he was white. the law says it's a prima fascia case. we said it was because he was a republican. the judge said well, i just don't believe that. he doesn't have that right to do that, yet he still did. the appellate court found that it was quite disturbing the judge's handling of the case. but still yet, they decided to defer to his discretion. i say today that the department of justice is deferring to someone's discretion, but whose discretion we do not know. but there is

revolutionary war is subsumed by the civil war in the south. 2 major battles in savannah during the revolutionary war, some smaller but important engagements. but georgia was the newest colony at the time of the revolution and the settlement was just along the coast in and the savannah river which divides south carolina and georgia so that most of what we think of as georgia was settled later on, the town that i live in, typical of towns in georgia in front of the court house, there is a statue of a soldier, not a revolutionary war soldier, a confederate soldier, he is facing north to protect the south against what some southerners referred to as the war of northern aggression. 3 weeks ago i was at the citadel of charleston and came by frances marion park, a huge park, the statue of frances marion, a statue of john c. calhoun. >> there is a story, i don't know if it is true, about george washington having a lucid dream that he shared with lafayette that the united states was going to win the war of revolution and see the borders of the united states extend all the way to the pacific ocean. is that true or that ms. ology? >> i think that is just methodo

if you don't have that preclearance in south carolina, georgia, other than athens and atlanta, most of alabama, mississippi, and northern louisiana, above new orleans, you know, will there be the back sliding, you know, without that coercion? that doesn't make majority-minority districts, you know, the only real potential remedy, but to does make -- does provide some course for us. the only other thing i wanted to say is i deeply agree with richard on the whole question that we need a national law on registration, and voting, you know, to deal with some of the other problems, but i think we have still have problems in certain parts of the south. >> well, a couple of thoughts. first, i'm sympathetic to a part of what you're saying if that you're separating out issues of access to the ballot box to the issues of redistricting and part of the reason this debate gets so distorted and so polarized to use that word, is we have a hard time keeping those two phoenixes separate. i'm very much in favor of aggressive laws for protecting access to the ballot box. i'm actually willing to think abou

been a decisive victory that year, and had the war been settled in that fashion, i think south carolina and georgia, certainly possibly n.c. as well, would have gone to the british. board no.'s majority was dwindling, and the opposition was growing more powerful every day, and wanting to get this war over at that point. there is a realistic possibility that it could have ended that way had it not been for yorktown. >> john ferling. [applause] >> our thanks to john ferling for joining us. the book is "almost a miracle: the american victory in the war of independence" published by oxford university press. you can find out more about the library by viewing other archival programs by visiting pritzker military library. thanks for joining us. [applause] >> we are back for the web cast part of the program. i have one question to follow up and a couple others. you said that georgia was the first falling state in the revolutionary war. any repercussions to day? you live in atlanta. any repercussions of georgia to they for that? is there anything different in georgia than other southern states? >> most geor

georgia, south carolina, north carolina and virginia. those were the most important colonies, economically, to great britain because that's where the cash crops like tobacco, and rice and indigo were grown. and the british thought that if they could subdue those colonies, they could come out of the war with a large american empire. they could perhaps hold canada. they could perhaps hold everything west of the appalachian mountains. they could hold those for southern colonies, virginia, the two carolinas and georgia. they already held in florida, which they had acquired in the french indian war, and they held several sugar islands in the caribbean. so they would not only have a large american empire, but their american empire would surround the united states. and the united states might consist of no more than nine or 10 states. and in fact, if it was that small and that vulnerable and that hemmed in, the chances of the united states remaining an independent country for very long were slim, to say the least. so the british turned toward c

the about south carolina and georgia they're all over, these beautiful parakeets. they are extinct. imagine the passenger pigeon. voting goes on. you have to go to the bahamas to see them. roosevelt wanted to save all these. he felt that added to the charm of american life. that in many ways he looked up with frederick jackson turner frontier ideas and believed what made the american what was was the wilderness areas. he felt we would lose our character if we lost it. when did you write the first chapter? >> i started writing my prologue four years ago on pelican island in florida and how we started saving wild florida. >> that would have been in 2005? >> even before that. even before i wrote about it i'd been collecting this in my files and going to these places since the 1990's. >> you wrote the prologues there at pelican island? >> i did. i visited paul, works for fish and wildlife, who took me on the boats. one of the unique things with u.s. fish and wildlife is when i would visit places they were so excited i was interested in the history of that national wildlife refuge that t

california, texas, colorado, new mexico, washington, south carolina, tennessee, idaho, georgia, anybody live there? those are the states that are expecting this cleanup money. your governors are expecting this cleanup money. mayors of communities are expecting this cleanup money. this isn't just little slush in tanks that we are trying to clean up, ladies and gentlemen. this is a 50-year residue of the cold war, dangerous, dangerous proliferation risks, dangerous health and safety risks. these states have agreements -- usually because they sued the federal government to this money be spent for this cleanup. if you think this is a triviality and your phone is ringing from your governors, they are saying our communities are at risk. you need to pose this motion to recommit. we have had hearing after hearing, subcommittee markups, committee markups, none of this was brought up. support this mark. defeat this motion to recommit. mr. skelton: i yield two minutes to the the gentleman from hawaii, the chairman of the air, land subcommittee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman may not yield

georgia and he has a passion about freedom and economic issues. my good friend, dr. broun from the atlanta area? mr. broun: s south of athens georgia. and i represent northeast georgia. if you put the date of this week on the next bar going back to what bachmann was just talking about, these dealerships are shutting the doors. dealerships may have 20 employees, 30 or 40 employees. i have met with a number of them. there is a dealer in my district, right up on the north carolina line, that called me this week and he got one of those pink slips. he is a customer of the auto maker and that's what these dealersr customers. and what is happening, this administration is forcing the big three auto makers to fire their customers and that makes no economic sense. but this dealer doesn't do any floor planning. he doesn't have to borrow money from the auto maker to put the cars on his lot. he owns them all. he's paid for them all. he owns his dealership. he doesn't owe anything to the car maker, but they have fired him. and in doing so, this administration has fired all the employees. and so the next bar for all these dealerships, i think it's

if you read about south carolina and georgia during the revolutionary war, they were all over, these beautiful carolina parakeets. they were an extinct species. i mentioned the passenger pigeon. flamingos gone from america. you have to go to bahamas to save them. roosevelt wanted to save them because he felt that added to the charm of american life that in many ways he hooked up with frederick jackson turner's frontier thesis and believed what made american was space and wilderness and that as soon as we lost that, we would lose our american character. >> go back to doug brinkley for a moment. this book, when did you start writing it? when did you write the first chapter? >> boy, i started writing my pro log about four years ago on pelican island, florida, and about how he started saving wild florida -- >> that would have been in 2005? >> yeah, even before that. i started actually writing, but i have been collecting on this for my files and going to these places since the 1990's. >> so you wrote the prologue there on pelican island? >> i did. i visited with a guy that works for u.s.

a trucker delivering a load to a port in georgia or south carolina can simply present the twic card and make his or her delivery as congress intended when we -- when the twic program was designed. however, the same trucker in florida will have to pay additional fees because the state refuses to recognize the twic as a sufficient security credential. florida is the only state in the country to require two security clearances to enter public sea ports. these duplicative clearances not only defeat the purpose of having a federal port security credential but they put florida sea ports, tenants, trucking companies and workers at a competitive disadvantage. and this is hurting florida's economy. it's a terrible burden on business. now, in 2007, this congress directed t.s.a. to work with florida to come to a mutually agreeable solution that would allow the twic to serve its purpose, but the ensuing years said they would not accept the national standard for port security but would continue to require expensive, duplicative and unnecessary extra background checks. the criminal background checks

south? >> is very much in play the way it has not been in a generation. the last national presidential election resaw it in north carolina georgia, mississippi across the south i think black voters are playing a more rolled 1/2 and latino voters are playing a more decisive role and white voters are more fragmented. part of it has to do with changing identity and other is strong enforcement of the voting rights act and the south which is open a lot of territories to exciting change. >> host: what is your day job? >> guest: a political science professor at the university of oregon. i teach american politics paradigm teaching a course on comparative conservatism with europe and america and also racial politics from the mid 20th century to the president. >> host: when it comes to compared to a politics what is the difference? >> guest: one difference is america was founded on the liberal idea of the classic idea in the way that the europeans don't have. here if you looked at the origins of american conservatism you see hamilton ideas about manufacturer and capitalism and markets and a centralized power and jeffersonian they blend together into a conservative mov

south carolina senator jim demint and georgia congressman tom pryce among others discuss what they see as disadvantages to president of hamas health care plan. this is about an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] >> i want to welcome you today to a discussion how to improve health care in the united states without raising taxes, without reducing people's choices and leading people free to make their own decisions and work directly with their doctors. we have, and senator both of whom have innovative legislation to this effect and then a panel of experts who have worked on this issue for years as you know a major american corporation is making a rather sizable contribution to the obama campaign come to the government controlled health care by giving them free airtime over at abc. we felt that since an infomercial is being corporately financed that we would offer to the american people a real conversation about real health care reform reducing the cost, not increasing it, reducing taxes, and not increasing it on health care. i'd like to first call to the podium representative tom

georgia. [laughter] a law degree from south carolina kind of neutralize that. all joking aside i remember what last year was like what this committee went through and inez has the exact experience we need and more than anything else the hard for what we need here. she will look out for the american public and she will give the american people leadership they deserve and this organization leppert texas old will be in good hands and i recommend to this committee. on behalf of all south carolinians thank you for holding this hearing so timely and i look forward to having their confirmed soon. >> senator demint. >> thank you mr. chairman. and i to thank you for expediting this hearing. my only reservation in endure sing inez it is that that endorsement by her with this committee, so i hope-- i hope that you will overlook that. we are very proud that she is representing south carolina and she has been an advocate for children. she has practiced environmental law and public interest law. she is a serious nominee for this position and she has dealt with all of the iss

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time i would yield to my colleague from the great state of washington, the honorable jay inslee as much time as me he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. inslee: i'm pleased to commend the webcaster settlement act of 2009 to my colleagues. i want to make two or three points. first the phenomena of online radio is a tremendous service for constituents. 42 million americans enjoy this on at least a semiregular basis. it is growing rapidly. it is a very, very beloved service. when it goes missing, as it did recently in my city of seattle, a little station called o.c.o., was providing underground music to my community and had to shut down as a result of the c.r.b. decision and it is much missed, we hope to get this and many other things back up when we get this settlement. i think there's widespread agreement that the 47% of revenues the c.r.b. decision would require simply is not sustainable fo

but thirdly, i had the privilege of cheering the georgia board of education in the late 1990s when he became superintendent of education in south carolina and watched what you did in south carolina and i want to say anything that senator demint was absolutely correct. you get an absolute marvelous job and demonstrate the kind of attitude summit at the cpsc should have to deal with difficult problems. i really don't have a question. i want to do to endorsements. first, is what senator warner said. this is the chinese drywall situation is one of any number of product problems coming out of china. we obviously can't pass laws that regulate production in china, but we have gateways which are our ports and we have a commerce department and we have a cpsc. i think somewhere along the line, if you get a chance, a task force of representatives from the ports homeland security, the commerce department could possibly come up with some ideas of a threshold of entry that could give us some degree of protection, or at least send a signal to the world that we are looking at the quality of the products that are coming in. secondly, cosponsore

the united states, so a wind project in south dakota for instance may be invested by people from wisconsin, co-ops from wisconsin or maybe from alabama were georgia or wherever. they can own a piece of that, and what we are looking for is a way in which we can generate that powered through renewables and the most efficient way possible no matter where it is located. we should be looking for the most cost-effective way we can do that. and just as we know that certain wind corridors exist that will provide us with a great amount of production of wind energy throughout the great plains nada free form is the same, not every state is the same that we also then have got to make sure when we locate that kind of generation in the areas that we can move the power out of the region's swedish system to do it but also i think have to be very aware of the fact and it has been our experience bottom-up planning works the best. so you need local regional planning. local folks putting the plan together to determine what is the best way to move forward and so that is the principle i think we need to adhere to, bottom-up rather than top-down as far as planning the

south. we never lived in pennsylvania. i was born in the same hospital room as joe montana. we lived in tennessee and georgia, and moved to the indianapolis area when i was 10. i went to north central high school. at that time, i believe it was one of the handful of best high schools in north america. we were fortunate to go there. it showed me that you can have uncompromising excellence in public schools if you have the right elements. i went to princeton university, law school at night school. i finished at georgetown while working out here. >> what was the first thing you did in politics? >> the lowest person on the totem pole for a campaign for bill ruckleshouse for the senate in our home state. he went on to renown in the nixon administration, and resigned in the saturday night massacre. >> you worked for him when he was the first head of the epa? >> no, just when he ran for office. i finished school and fell in with the boy-mayor of indianapolis, dick lugar, our distinguished senator. he was an idealistic and very active young mayor at a time when cities were at the forefront of american consciousness.

solar wind project in south dakota, for instance, may be invested fr by people from wisconsin, co-oped from wisconsin or they may frontal boundary alabama or georgiar wherever. they can own a piece of that and what we're looking for is a way in which we can generate that power through renewables in the most efficient way possible no matter where it's located. we should be looking at the most cost effective way in which we can do that. >> just as we know that certain wind corridors exist that can provide us with a great amount of production with wind energy throughout the great plain, not every farm is the same. not every state is the same, that we also have got to make sure when we locate that kind of generation in those areas that we can move that power out of those regions. so we need an effective transmission to do it and we also have to be very aware of the fact, and it's been our experience that bottom-up planning works the best so you need local, regionaling and you need local folks to decide what's the best way to move forward on this. so that's the principle that we need to adhere to, the bottom up from the top down as far as planning the

georgia and we are proud of that. i have the privilege of chairing nde board of education in the 1990's when he became at yrintendent of education in south carolina and watch what you did in south carolina. you did a marvelous job and demonstrated the attitude somebody should have to deal with difficult problems. i don't really have a question. i want to do 2 endorsements. first is what senator warner said. due chinese dry wall situation is one of any number of product problems coming out of china. ee can't pass laws that regulate poduction in china but we have ifays which are our ports and a commerce department and the asc. if you get the chance, a task force of representatives from the port's homeland security can possibly come up with a fresh hold entry to give us some degree of protection, at least in the signal to the world that we're looking at the quality of the products that are coming in. co-sponsor senator demint's act id hh i voted for and chairman prior spend a lot of time on have a lot of unintended consequences. connect nanay i have 8, soon to be 9 grandchildren. one of my daughter's in law with a mother of 3, all under 5,

south carolina. mr. wilson: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from missouri. mr. skelton: at this time i yield one minute to my friend my colleague, the gentleman from georgia, who is the vice chairman of the foreign affairs subcommittee on terrorism and nonproliferation and international trade, the gentleman, mr. scott. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. scott: thank you very much. i want to thank chairman skeleton for giving me this opportunity to speak on behalf of this important and timely bill. i want to commend president obama and speaker pelosi for the leadership we have provided. madam speaker, i've been in congress, this is my eighth year. for each of these eight years, i've worked hard on this bill of concurrent receipts. i can't think of a more important bill that we could offer at this time as we approach the fourth o-- of july, when the nation sell blates its independence and freedom. at the forefront of that the reason we're able to celebrate this independence and freedom is because of the soldier and our veterans. and we have long felt that it is not fair nor right if our soldiers are injured and disabled